Improved top-prop for carriages



dnteil @Snart pement F. B. Molise.

H. 4D, SMITH Ait C0.

OF PLANTSVILLE, CONNEGTIGT, ASSIGNOR T0 HMSELF AND 0F SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 96.254, fla-tell, October 20, 1869.

.MPRQVED TOP-PROP POR CARRIAG-ES.

The Schedulereferred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the sain To all whom it may cncern Be it known that I, F. B. MORSE, of llantsville, in`

the county of Hart-lord, and- State ot' Connecticut, have invented a new lm provem ent in Top-Propibr Carriages;

and I do hereby declare thelfollowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the .letters of reference marked thereon, tol be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe saine, and which said. drawings constitute partot' this specifieathnnand represent, in'

Figure 1, a side view,

Figure 2, an end view, and in Figure 3, a longitudinal central sect-ion.

This invention relates to an improvement in the article ot' inanut'z'icture known to the trade as top-props ,for carriages, the object being to forni a larger bearing on. the prop, and prevent the accidental displacenient ot' the head ofthe prop; and

The invention consists in forming the bow-plati-eso as to be clamped on to the bow, both above and vbelow the prop, and with astud formed on't-he plate, threaded to receive a sleeve, upon which said sleeve a bearing for the jointot' the bow is formed, and on to the sleeve, outside the bowjoint,.a nut is applied, the thread ot'A the nut corresponding to the thread by which the sleeve is attached to the plate; then thmugh the sleeve abolt is passed, screwing into the stud outhe plate, the headof the said bolt jaiinn-ing onto the unt vou-the end ot' the sleeve.

To enable others skilled in the alt to make and use my inventiornlwill proceed to describe the saine, as 'illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Aa'epresents one ofthe bows ofthe earriage-top.`

Jl, the prop-plate, .on which is formeda stud,l C, as seen in lig. 3. v v

The said prop-plate'extends each way from the stud, and'is ibrined'with points l) D, neareach end,.as seen in figs. 1 and 2, which. are bentaround thel bow, so as to clasp and prevent the turning ot' the plate on the bow; and an iulditionai security is given by setting two screws, E, through the plate into the bop' vThe stud (l is "threaded, say, for instance, with a fourteen thread.

lu is a sleeve, i'ormed so as to screw 'on to the stud, l

as seen in iig. 3, the said sleeve being of sufficient length to i'orm a shoulder, a, and healing for the joint G ot' the brace, and so that said joint will turn freely on the said bearing.

The end of the sleeve is threaded to receive a nui, H, the thread corresponding to the thread on the stud 0, so that if the nut be pushed too tightagainst the joint G, the sleeve itself might turn, and prevent the breaking ot' the prop.

Through the sleeve la bolt, 1is passed, screwing into the end of' the stud C,with a thread tiner than l that ou the stud and' nut, and so that thehead L, of

the said bolt, will bear against theuut H, and serve as a jam-nut, as well as a support for the prop.

, By lthis construction, it will be observed .that by no possibility can the head he accidentally lost; and further, it will be observed that by this construction amore ornainentalhead, land one contbrming more perfect-ly to thc syxtimetry ot' the.v wholo,thannby the common construction, as, by the introduction ot' the bolt I in the manner described, the. neck N ot the boltmay be made round, corresponding to the nut- 11, which is also round,(the said nut ll being simply turned on with the tlnunb and linger,) and when the bolt is turned dowuon to the nut, both the bolt. and nut are janui'ie-d, so that no alnou'ntot'jar can dis lace the one'or ether.

l It' desirable, the neck ofthe mltmaybe bored into, as atl d, fig. 3, and apin' inserted, by which to turn the `head down. v l It will further be observed, that in the use ot' my .pr'op, the bow is in no way weakened, as the plate is attached upon the outside oi' the'bow, and its manner 'of attachment serves to strengthen the howv at that point; and further, the plate being attached, the coveriug is down thereon, to hold the covering on tothe plate. vHaving fully described my invention,v

What I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,` is

1. 'lheeombination ofthe threaded stud (l, with thel Vsleeve F, on which said sleeve a bearing is formed for ,the'joint-G, and its outer end Afitted to receive the'nut H, substantially' as set forth.

l '2. In 'combination with the subiect-inatter ot the Witnesseszf JOHN H. SuUMwAy,

A. J. Tmnrrs.

puton over-the stud, and the sleeve E jammed 

